Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Choice Cancer Care

14,673 individuals · submitted November 15, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Choice Cancer Care, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 14,673 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, claims information, diagnoses/conditions, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the incident, the CE improved technical and administrative safeguards, retrained staff, and updated the security within its email environment. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Choice Cancer Care
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
14,673
Submission date
November 15, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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